AG114

Date Expectations

AG114   EP388 ころがれ！恋するドンファン！ Rollout! Loving Donfan!

First broadcast Japan February 10, 2005 United States April 1, 2006

English themes Opening Unbeatable Ending

Japanese themes Opening ポケモン シンフォニック メドレー Ending GLORY DAY 〜輝くその日〜 ②

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 大橋志吉 Yukiyoshi Ōhashi Storyboard 秦義人 Yoshito Hata Assistant director 秦義人 Yoshito Hata Animation director 志村泉 Izumi Shimura Additional credits

Screenshots on Filb.de

Date Expectations (Japanese: ころがれ！恋するドンファン！ Rollout! Loving Donfan!) is the 114th episode of the Advanced Generation series, and the 388th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on February 10, 2005, in the UK on January 30, 2006 and in the United States on April 1, 2006.

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis On the way to Pacifidlog, Ash and friends run into Drew. May challenges him to a practice battle, but they get interrupted by non-other than Team Rocket. However, Team Rocket’s sub gets sucked into a whirlpool and everybody winds up on the mysterious Mirage Island. Now, Ash, Max, and Brock must find Drew and May...

Major events

• Ash's Snorunt tries to use Ice Beam for the first time.
• James's Chimecho uses Astonish for the first time.

Debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• May
• Brock
• Max
• Jessie
• James
• Carlos

Pokémon

Pokémon Trainer's Choice: Lunatone

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Chimecho (James's)
• Phanpy (Ash's; flashback)
• Corphish (Ash's)
• Snorunt (Ash's)
• Combusken (May's)
• Beautifly (May's)
• Skitty (May's)
• Bulbasaur (May's)
• Mudkip (Brock's)
• Seviper (Jessie's)
• Dustox (Jessie's)
• Cacnea (James's)
• Donphan (including one of alternate coloration)
• Wingull

Trivia

• The English title is a play on the Charles Dickens novel "Great Expectations".

Pokémon Trainer's Choice

• Question: Trainers, which Pokémon would not be affected by Earthquake?
• Choices: Sandshrew, Lunatone, Whiscash
• Answer: OK, trainers! If you chose Lunatone, you were right!

Errors

• When Team Rocket was blasting off at the end of the episode, Chimecho's face was similar to Wobbuffet's.

Dub edits

In other languages

• French: Désillusions
• German: Die rollende Romanze
• Italian: La stagione degli amori
• Latin America Spanish: La fecha esperada
• Iberian Spanish: Época de emparejamiento

This episode article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of the Pokémon anime.